Round seventeen of the Aviva Premiership season sees three tough away fixtures for the league’s lowest placed sides. Bottom place Sale visit Leicester, London Welsh go to Saracens, and London Irish visit Northampton Saints. The results of these matches could still have a crucial impact on relegation this year, even given Welsh’s impending points deduction. Elsewhere, the west-country derby at The Rec will be one of the weekend’s most intense encounters; old rivals Bath and Gloucester face-off on Friday evening. […]
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Aviva Premiership Round 17: Preview and Predictions
Six changes for England
England will face the Boks on Saturday with a new-look side, as coach Stuart Lancaster has welded a heavy axe following last SAturday’s home loss against the Wallabies. […]
Man Test!
Those were the words used by ex-England number 8, James Haskell, when he explained to Tom Wood what it was like to play a test match against South Africa. […]
English name side for second Barbarians clash
England have named their side for Tuesday’s second “dirt tracker” outing, against the SA Barbarians North, in Potchefstroom. […]
England name side for first midweek clash
Lock forward George Robson of Harlequins will lead the English dirt trackers tomorrow afternoon as the they take on the SA Barbarians (South) team in Kimberley. Kick-off is at 3pm. […]
Large English squad for tour
The RFU have selected a very large squad of 42 players to tour South Africa over the (English) summer, with the core of Stuart Lancaster’s Six Nations side retained. […]
Another week for Haskell
After a storm of protest erupted on Twitter as Highlanders flanker James Haskell was handed an overly-lenient ban for punching, SANZAR Judicial Officer Mike Heron has amended his sentence and increased the three-week suspension by a week. […]
Highlanders change two for Sharks
The Highlanders team to face the Sharks this Saturday shows only two changes from the team that came from behind to defeat the Cheetahs last weekend, with a change a piece amongst the forwards and backs. […]
Five changes for injury-hit Highlanders
The Highlanders have been named for their round 6 clash against the Rebels and with an injury crisis taking deep hold, New Zealand’s southernmost team have been forced into five changes to the side that went down in Canberra last week. […]
Stormers have to wait
After the weekend’s results in Japan, there is both good and bad news for Super Rugby teams the Blues, the Highlanders and the Stormers. […]